Awards presented during the World Fantasy convention held November 2-5, 2017 in San Antonio, TX.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Terry Brooks
Marina Warner
Best Novel
- The Sudden Appearance of Hope, Claire North (Redhook; Orbit UK) (winner)
- Borderline, Mishell Baker (Saga)
- Roadsouls, Betsy James (Aqueduct)
- The Obelisk Gate, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- Lovecraft Country, Matt Ruff (Harper)
Best Long Fiction
- The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, Kij Johnson (Tor.com Publishing) (winner)
- The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle (Tor.com Publishing)
- Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
- “Bloodybones”, Paul F. Olson (Whispered Echoes)
- A Taste of Honey, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com Publishing)
Best Short Fiction
- “Das Steingeschöpf”, G.V. Anderson (Strange Horizons 12/12/16) (winner)
- “Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies”, Brooke Bolander (Uncanny 11-12/16)
- “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood)
- “Little Widow”, Maria Dahvana Headley (Nightmare 9/16)
- “The Fall Shall Further the Flight in Me”, Rachael K. Jones (Clockwork Phoenix 5)
Best Anthology
- Dreaming in the Dark, Jack Dann, ed. (PS Australia) (winner)
- Clockwork Phoenix 5, Mike Allen, ed. (Mythic Delirium)
- Children of Lovecraft, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Dark Horse)
- The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016, Karen Joy Fowler & John Joseph Adams, eds. (Mariner)
- The Starlit Wood, Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe, eds. (Saga)
Best Collection
- A Natural History of Hell, Jeffrey Ford (Small Beer) (winner)
- Sharp Ends, Joe Abercrombie (Orbit US; Gollancz)
- On the Eyeball Floor and Other Stories, Tina Connolly (Fairwood)
- Vacui Magia, L.S. Johnson (Traversing Z Press)
- The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, Ken Liu (Saga; Head of Zeus)
Best Artist
Special Award, Professional
- Michael Levy & Farah Mendlesohn, for Children’s Fantasy Literature: An Introduction (Cambridge University Press) (winner)
- L. Timmel Duchamp, for Aqueduct Press
- C.C. Finlay, for editing F&SF
- Kelly Link, for contributions to the genre
- Joe Monti, for contributions to the genre
Special Award, Non-Professional
- Neile Graham, for fostering excellence in the genre through her role as Workshop Director, Clarion West (winner)
- Scott H. Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies
- Malcolm R. Phifer & Michael C. Phifer, for their publication The Fantasy Illustration Library, Volume Two: Gods and Goddesses (Michael Publishing)
- Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, for Uncanny
- Brian White, for Fireside Fiction Company